Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

July 7, 2009
by donkasprzak
2 Comments

My latest read – The Future of the Internet

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University wrote The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It. This book is very interesting for all … Continue reading

June 10, 2009
by donkasprzak
1 Comment

Adobe’s PowerPoint killer ?

Billed as a collaborative slideware application Adobe Labs just launched Presentations. With Adobe’s strong reputation with visual tools I was expecting a lot more. Desktop competitors PowerPoint and Keynote along with SlideRocket by comparison are much more robust presentation tools. Continue reading

June 1, 2009
by donkasprzak
0 comments

My latest read: Who Controls the Internet?

Think the internet is still the wild west?  Think again.  In a new update of Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World law professors Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu share how the long arm of foreign governments still … Continue reading

April 17, 2009
by donkasprzak
1 Comment

Grandma’s iPhone

Did my 95 year old Grandmother think about this when I showed her my iPhone? Could she have imagined such a device as a child? Wonder what my little son will write about the future… Tags: smartphone, IPv6, network, advanced … Continue reading

March 7, 2009
by donkasprzak
2 Comments

YouTube in America and China

This week my colleague ijohnpederson blogged about YouTube‘s January analytical results.  For the first time over 100 million internet users in the U.S. watched 6.3 Billion videos.  In the globalized world today that number is not very big. Consider how … Continue reading

February 13, 2009
by donkasprzak
0 comments

K12 Technology Plan: CIPA

K12 Teachers and Administrators have questions about some of the finer points regarding CIPA and their school district.  It appears there is a misunderstanding: not all CIPA products are created equal and more importantly your District may actually have the … Continue reading

November 10, 2008
by donkasprzak
7 Comments

YouTube, K12 web filtering & CIPA

I recently posted a tweet about my work with K12 school districts regarding web content filtering issues with YouTube and was very happy to receive a couple of DMs from Angela Maiers and Elizabeth Holmes, two education professionals who I … Continue reading

November 1, 2008
by donkasprzak
3 Comments

My latest read – The Future of Music

Would you like to access music the same way you access water?  David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard have written an amazing book about the music industry, artists, record companies and how massive changes are underway that will benefit everyone who … Continue reading